1,000 Boston Church Abuse Victims

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Clergy members and others in the Boston Archdiocese likely sexually abused more than 1,000 people over a period of six decades, Massachusetts' attorney general said Wednesday, calling the scandal so massive it "borders on the unbelievable."

The report, the result of a grand jury investigation that explored whether church hierarchy should be charged criminally for turning a blind eye to allegations of abuse, said the archdiocese received complaints from 789 alleged victims, involving more than 250 clergy and other workers.

However, when other sources are considered, the attorney general said, the abuse likely affected more than 1,000 victims from 1940 until today.

Cardinal Bernard Law, who resigned as archbishop last December, "bears the ultimate responsibility for the tragic treatment of children that occurred during his tenure," Attorney General Tom Reilly said in the 91-page report.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/07/21/national/main564121.shtml

You have no idea how many children and people have been/are being sexually molested by priests, nuns, and missionaries overseas in underdeveloped countries. Overseas the church is like a mafia because of it's links to powerful western countries. It would be 100% impossible for a victim to even make a report in a police station overseas let alone anything media coverage.

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1. I just saw this on CNN

Incomprehensible

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2. What is there to be said about this situation?

Mind-boggling......the worst crime against children.....utterly disgusting.

DemEx